Skyfall Bags Eight Bafta Nominations

by Helen Earnshaw | 9 January 2013

Skyfall

Skyfall has picked up eight nominations at this year's Bafta Awards however it will not compete for Best Film.

It will battle it out for Best British Film while Judi Dench and Javier Bardem have picked up supporting nominations.

Lincoln has dominated the Bafta Award nominations as it picked up ten nods including Best Film.

Les Miserables is another Oscar favourite and it was only one nomination behind with nine nods - it will do battle with Lincoln for Best Film.

And that category is set to be a tough one as Argo, Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty - which is picking up awards left, right and centre - are all also nominated.

Skyfall is the red hot favourite for the Outstanding British Film however it does find itself up against Anna Karenina, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Miserables and Seven Psychopaths.

While Lincoln was nominated in ten categories there was a shock when it came to Best Director as Steven Spielberg has been overlooked. There was also no nomination for Tom Hooper for his work on Les Miserables.

It is an exciting category none the less as Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee and Michael Haneke have all been recognised.

Daniel Day Lewis remains the favourite for Best Actor but Bradley Cooper, Ben Affleck, Hugh Jackman and Joaquin Phoenix have all also been nominated.

Best Actress however is a little more wide open and Brit Helen Mirren finds herself up against Emanuelle Riva, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Marion Cotillard.

Cotillard had been the pick of many to dominate the awards circuit for her performance in Rust and Bone but in recent weeks we have seen support grow for both Lawrence and Chastain - all three are expected to be in the running for the Oscar.

Amour has been the surprise this year as it has picked up a handful of nods including Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not In The English Language.

Earlier this week the Rising Star nominees were revealed with Juno Temple
Andrea Riseborough, Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Suraj Sharma all recognised for their work and their potential - this is the only category that is decided by a public vote.

Check out the nominations in full:

- BEST FILM

Argo
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

- OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Seven Psycopaths
Skyfall

- LEADING ACTOR

Ben Affleck - Argo
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

- LEADING ACTRESS

Emanuelle Riva - Amour
Dame Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone

- SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin - Argo
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

- SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams - The Master
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Dame Judi Dench - Skyfall
Sally Field - Lincoln

- DIRECTOR

Michael Haneke - Amour
Ben Affleck - Argo
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Ang Lee - Life Of Pi
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

- RISING STAR (public vote)

Juno Temple
Andrea Riseborough
Elizabeth Olsen
Alicia Vikander
Suraj Sharma

- OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Bart Layton (director) and Dmitri Doganis (producer) - The Imposter
David Morris (director) and Jaqui Morris (director / producer) - McCullin
Dexter Fletcher (director / writer) and Danny King (writer) - Wild Bill
James Bobin (director) - The Muppets
Tina Gharavi (director / writer) - I Am Nasrine

- FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Amour
Headhunters
The Hunt
Rust and Bone
Untouchable

- DOCUMENTARY

The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugarman
West Of Memphis

- ANIMATED FILM

Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman

- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Amour - Michael Haneke
Djanjo Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdon - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Argo - Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - David Magee
Lincoln - Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell

- ORIGINAL MUSIC

Anna Karenina
Argo
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

- CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

- EDITING

Argo
Django Unchained
Life Of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

- PRODUCTION DESIGN

Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

- COSTUME DESIGN

Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsman

- MAKE UP AND HAIR

Anna Karenina
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln